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Historical Event on 5/2/1996

Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.